Bracket.



H. H. HILLMAN.

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APPLICATION FILED NDV. 5. l9ll.

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i i UNITED STATES'.-

PATENT orifice.

' iecninnnirr H. HILLMAN, or GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, AssiGN-on To CHALI'JENGE Ymiimresim'ron COMPANY, or GRAND HAVEN. MICHIGAN, A conronA'rIoN oF MICHIGAN.

BRACKET.

To all whom it may conc-ern:

Be it known that l, Hamann-'r l-l. HILLMAN, a citizen. of the United States, residing at Grand Haven, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan; have invented new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to brackets, such as are suitable for supporting shelves and the like,and its object is to provide an improved bracket and means for readilyand secure] attaching the saine to a support, as the wa l of a refrigerator; and more partic ularly, to provide a bracket-having a portion adapted to abut against one side of the support and having a portion adapted to extend through an orificev in the support, together with a fastening member having orks adapted to straddle said extending portion on the otherlside of the support `and to wedgingly press the bracket against the support; and more particularly, to formsaidlniernber of such material that its forks may be bent toward each other in such manner as-,to hold the fastener in its operative position against accidental displacement.

The obJect of this invention as thus broadly defined, may. be attained by various mechanical means and by the eope'ration and illustrated by support, showing the orifice therethrough intothe orifice;

of variously constructed parts: a preferablev embodiment of the invention however, is seen in the structure hereinafter described the accompanying drawin whichz igllre 1 ris a fragmentary View in perspective`of a', support, as the inner wallof a refrigerator,` with a shelf held on brackets;

Fig, 2 is a'face view of a portion of said and the end of the bracket being inserted Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the bracket showing means for fastening the same to the support;

Fig. 4 is a side view of the saine; Fig. 5 'isa view of the fastener showing its 'forks bent into securing position;

Fig'. 6. is aside or edgewise view ofthe fastener; andr Fig.l 7 is a -frontor face view ofthe same.

The support 1, as the inner wall of a re- Specification of Lettersatent.

frigerntor for example, has orifices 2 therethrough. The brackets 3 adapted to support theshclt l have portionsV adapted to abut against one siderns 5, of the support, beingil the inner side of" the refrigerators wall. Thesiabutting;- portions, as shown, are the shoulders 6 oppositely disposed and adapted to abut against said inner sideof the support. adjacent the "opposite sides respectively of thc orifice. The bracketshave also a portion 7 ad-,pted to extend through the orifices. As shown. the sides 8, 9 of the portion :1re mutually convergent toward the shoulders'. Then the portion 7 of the bracket, having. been turned diagonally of the orifice inorder to be thrust through the suine as shown in Fig. '2, is turned to the position shown in the other figures, a fas- 'tener 10 having forks 11, 12 is driven over the portion 7 on the outer side 13 of the wall, straddlinglr the portion 7 und embracing its opposite sides 8, l). This fastener 'wedgingly presses or draws the shoulders 6 against the inner side of the Wall, asV the fastener is dri-ven or adj usted tots'opera- Vtive 'position, as by the inclined faces 15 of the forks as seen in Figs. 4 and (i, or by the convergence of the forks toward cach other Aas seen in solid lines in Fig. 7, or by bend may be bent-toward each other'as shown, to

'revent their accidental displacement.- The racket may manifestly' be 4quickly and readily placed in position and thereupon rigidly and securely held in `such position by the forked fastener.

The invention being intended to be pointed out by the claim; is not to be limited to or by details of construction shown inthe drawings or described in the body of this*` specification. 1

I claim:

Ina device of the character described; a l

support having an orifice therethrough; a

Patented Sept. 17, 1.918. Application iled November 5, 1917.- Serial Noi 205.303.

bracket having a'portion adapted to abut against one side of the support, and a 0rtionndapted to extend through the orlee und having its sides mutually convergent inwardly; a fastener having forks adapted t0 struddle said last named portion on the other side of the support and to be bent toward each other to press said first-named ortion against the supEort and to securely old the fastener and e bracket in operative posit-ion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand nt arrand Rapids, Michigan, this third day of November 1917.

HERBERT H. HILLMAN. 

